| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
I have a Subaru Legacy wagon with a Subaru roof rack. If anyone has
seen one of those roof racks, they know that it's not standard.
I already have a ski rack from Subaru (to fit the rack), but I really
don't want to spend $225+ on their bike rack (I believe it only fits
2 bikes). I don't want to buy a Thule rack (why should I since I
already have a roof rack), so I want to find out if
1) there are companies out there that make bike racks to fit the
Legacy roof racks.
2) perhaps I can get a bike rack for the rear door of the wagon (not
as practical or convenient.
As far as the 2nd possibility - I always thought that the hatch bike
racks put alot of strain on the back window. Is that still the case?
Also, if the bikes are in the rack, can you still open the hatch?
Anyway, I'm looking for a good bike rack for my wagon but I don't want
to spend megabucks on it. (Also, I'd probably prefer a 4 bike carrier
since having a station wagon usually means its the car that gets picked
to go places)
Cindy
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2336.1 | fork holders on a 2x4.... | TFH::DONNELLY | Take my advice- Don't listen to me | Sat Jun 27 1992 01:52 | 18 |
i don't know how handy you are but i made my own. it should be much simpler than i had it because i hear that "fork holders" are available now for about $25. so here's the idea. you buy an 8 foot 2x4 ($1), 4 u-bolts ($5), and 4 fork holders ($100). i made the fork holders for about $10 each. drill holes in the 2x4's to accept the u-bolts and bolt the 2x4's to the roof rack. put them across the car; the proper distance between them is the bike wheelbase. bolt the fork holders to the 2x4's. alternate front and rear so that 4 bikes fit. use a bungy cord to hold the rear wheels down. i've used one like this for several yaers now, it takes only a minute to put bikes on or off. i don't know how compatible this would be with your other rack. one drawback is that the rack itself is a pain to remove more often than once a year. -craig | |||||
| 2336.2 | Graber | RICKS::ROST | Subconcious desire to be deaf | Mon Jun 29 1992 08:58 | 13 |
Re: .0
I have a Subaru with roof rack and after looking at the bike rack
decided I wasn't sure I wanted to go that route (I was worried about
the rack lifting off the roof under load). I bought a Graber, which is
cheaper then Thule and Yakima partly because you get the whole rack in
one package, rather than building it form "components".
I bought mine from Performance but they no longer show Graber roof
racks in the catalog.
Brian
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